Research Article

Restoring Force Model of an Energy-Dissipation Joint in Hybrid Frames: Simplified Skeleton Curve and Hysteretic Rules

Table 12

Comparison of the damping ratio between the test and simplified model.

SpecimenJ-6-1J-8-1J-8-2J-8-3

Maximum damping ratio of the test0.3110.3120.3050.292
Maximum damping ratio of the simplified model0.2930.3120.2990.282
Error (%)−5.790−1.97−3.42